These seven questions can define how wise you are
Researchers report that an abbreviated, seven-item scale can help determine with high validity a person’s level of wisdom,
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 30, 2022
Green bananas can reduce cancers by more than 50%
New study shows a major preventive effect from resistant starch, found in a range of foods such as oats and slightly green bananas.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 30, 2022
Study identifies new cause of melting Antarctic ice shelves
Researchers have discovered a process that can contribute to the melting of ice shelves causing instability in others downstream.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 30, 2022
Music therapy significantly reduces drug and alcohol addictions
Traditional songs, known as icaros, are part of a treatment process for men rehabilitating from drug and alcohol addictions.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 29, 2022
Major genetic discovery can reduce depression, fear, and anxiety
A multidisciplinary study has found that the Tob gene plays an important role in reducing depression, fear, and anxiety.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 29, 2022
Scientists identify what is hidden inside the heart of a black hole
Research team has used quantum computing and computer learning to describe what is believed to be the interior of a black hole.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 29, 2022
Charging EVs at home at night is wrong, according to Stanford research
The vast majority of electric vehicle owners charge their cars at home in the evening or overnight and are doing it wrong.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 29, 2022
Scientists discover the reason loss of smell occurs in long COVID-19
Important insight into a vexing problem that has plagued millions who have not fully recovered their sense of smell after COVID-19.
Joshua Shavit
Dec 29, 2022
Rockets illuminate electric circuit that powers the Northern Lights
A NASA-funded rocket mission is headed to space to measure the global electric circuit underlying the northern lights.
Joshua Shavit
Dec 29, 2022
Women have an edge in entrepreneurial success, study finds
Differences in the way the sexes think may give women an advantage in starting businesses according to a Kennesaw State Universy study.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 28, 2022
Novel evolutionary theory says genetic mutations aren't always random
Researchers have brought the first evidence of nonrandom mutation in human genes, challenging a core assumption at the heart of evolution.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 28, 2022
Major discovery about mammalian brains surprises scientists
In a new breakthrough to understand more about the mammalian brain, University of Copenhagen researchers have made an incredible discovery.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 28, 2022
Zinc reverses lung damage and considerably improves patient survival
A team discovered that zinc, a common mineral, may reverse lung damage and improve survival for patients with a deadly age-related condition
Joshua Shavit
Dec 28, 2022
Keeping indoor humidity levels at a “sweet spot” may reduce spread of COVID-19
A study by MIT researchers finds that indoor relative humidity may also influence transmission of the COVID-19 virus.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 28, 2022
Women on average perform better than men on a ‘theory of mind’ test
A part of human social interaction and communication involves putting ourselves in other people’s shoes, to imagine another person's thought
Joseph Shavit
Dec 28, 2022
Cambridge student solves grammar’s greatest puzzle after 2,500 years
A grammatical problem which has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th Century BC has finally been solved by an Indian PhD student.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 27, 2022
First-ever compound destroys the MRSA superbug
A compound that both inhibits the MRSA superbug and renders it more vulnerable to antibiotics has been discovered by scientists.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 27, 2022
Researchers discover enzyme that reverses muscle loss due to old age
The reserach demonstrates the importance of the enzyme GCN5 in maintaining the expression of key structural proteins in skeletal muscle.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 27, 2022
Surprising research identifies why most life-long smokers never develop lung cancer
Cigarette smoking is overwhelmingly the main cause of lung cancer, yet only a minority of smokers develop the disease.
Joshua Shavit
Dec 27, 2022
Earth can stabilize run-away climate change on its own, MIT study finds
Scientists have confirmed that a “stabilizing feedback” on 100,000-year timescales keeps global temperatures in check and habitable.
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